Caucasus

Uzbekistan: Human Rights Defender Fights Back

Police threaten to send a prominent human rights activist back to a mental hospital - but she says she won't give up.

21 Feb 05

Officials and ordinary citizens live in constant fear as the Turkmen president stamps on potential opposition - real or imagined.

21 Feb 05

Protesters' arrests seen as signal that authorities won't put up with unrest in advance of next year's elections.

21 Feb 05

President uses international media event to rule that a controversial law is unconstitutional.

21 Feb 05

People in the south of the republic are refusing to leave for safer areas despite latest landslide deaths.

21 Feb 05

Kyrgyzstan's attempts to make Kyrgyz its official language have alienated Russian-speakers

21 Feb 05

Kazakstan and Kyrgyzstan are preparing to repel an expected offensive by Islamic insurgents

21 Feb 05

The Tashkent authorities appear to be refusing to acknowledge the true scale of Uzbek poverty

21 Feb 05

Planned legislation seems likely to have a sharp impact on the freedom of overseas companies to run their operations in Kazakstan

21 Feb 05

A power-struggle is brewing in Kyrgyzstan between president and parliament

21 Feb 05

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